REMOVAL SERVICES ARE BUSIER THAN EVER AND CREWS ARE FINDING IT HARD TO STAY AHEAD OF THE STORMS." CUT - CLIMB - TRIM - GRIND...... IT'S BECOME AN INCREASINGLY COMMON ROUTINE FOR CAROLINA STUMP AND TREE SERVICES... THE COMPANY HAS SEEN NON-STOP BUSINESS IN THE WAKE OF CONSISTENT STRONG STORMS. DOUGLAS TASKER SAYS HIS CREWS HAVE SEEN ALL SORTS OF DAMAGE FROM CRUSHED HOUSES TO CARS FENCES AND PLAYGROUNDS. BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN A LOT OF TREES KNOCKED ONTO OR NEAR POWER LINES MAKING THE TASK OF TREE TRIMMING AN EVEN MORE DANGEROUS BUSINESS. C001/ 31:15 "YEAH, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE AROUND THE POWER LINES YOU'VE GOTTA USE A LITTLE EXTRA PRECAUTION ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S WET FROM THE STORMS. YOU GOTTA USE THE PROPER ROPING AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND CUT THEM SMALL ENOUGH SO YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HIT THE LINE, BUT IT'S A LOT OF DANGER TO THE JOB AND JUST MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE WORSE WHEN IT'S WET." TASKER ALSO SAYS THE AMOUNT OF STORM DAMAGE HAS INCREASED THE TREE TRIMMING COMPETITION AND WARNS FOLKS TO WATCH OUT FOR SCAMMERS. STEPHANIE BERZINSKI, WXII 12 NEWS.